It didnt end well. He supplied the drugs to those working on the front desks of his businesses, who would sell them in return for a cut of the profits. She is preparing a guest list for the opening of the club and is using a computer in an anteroom off Johns bedroom. In the first part of the interlocutory hearing, barrister Dauid Sibtain, acting for Mr Ibrahim and Pan Macmillan, said Mr Domican's answers to questions about ALP branch stacking in a 1984 BBC interview supported the inferences of criminality in his clients' book. As John cruises up and down Darlinghurst Rd looking for a friend, he is greeted with casual waves. I bluffed well for a long time when I was 18. The wars over but the wars still inside the people. The Good Bloke by Charles Staunton is published by Pan Macmillan and is available from Tuesday, July 23, for $32.99. Later that shift Staunton was told to drive several drunk constables to nearby Moore Park where his colleagues stormed into a toilet block wielding their truncheons at 'poofters'. He is vehement when he says he does not deal drugs. John was 16 when he first started working on the door of Images nightclub at Parramatta. It would be easy for Bill to go the wrong way but he is doing the right thing, she said. His principal once told him he would wind up dead or very rich. King's Cross detectives Graham "Chook" Fowler and Neville "Scully" Scullion are called to testify to the Wood Royal Commission. Soon Staunton was moving millions of dollars in cash across continents for the Pacific Mariner Cartel in which he was known by the nickname 'The Prince'. The Republican-led House on Wednesday gave initial approval to the legislation. He pleaded guilty to the hindrance charge earlier this month, while prosecutors dropped a second charge of resisting police. Bananas, they go off very quick.. I put everything we made back into the club. They were assisted in this by new laws, such as those enabling them to seize assets that were the proceeds of crime, and institutions, such as the New South Wales Crime Commission (which had been created in 1986), which unlike the police can force people to give evidence. 'Before I'd taken the job with Bram, I'd investigated the possible penalties,' he writes. Our Spectrum News app is the most convenient way to get the stories that matter to you. Kim Hollingsworth's police friend, Sergeant Dave, abandons her after she "dobs in" to Internal Affairs. Ten years ago Kings Cross was the only suburb open late. As a young constable Charlie Staunton dreamed of one day becoming commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force. Staunton later worked inthe Modus Operandi Unit of the Criminal Investigation Branch, with the Highway Patrol and the Tactical Response Group (TRG). He is also talking about the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service and the heavy toll it has exacted from Sydneys red light district. Barrister Sue Chrysanthou, acting for Mr Domican, queried how allegations of branch stacking were relevant to the imputations raised before the court. With a combination of manipulation, violence and a crude but highly effective business strategy, Bayeh developed a 24-hour-a-day operation that effectively monopolised the Kings Cross drugs market in the early '90s, feeding the red-light district's seemingly insatiable appetite for cocaine and heroin. Speaking outside the hearing, one of Bayeh's other brothers said he was pleased at the result. 'I've accepted everything I've done in life. Impressed by Ibrahim, Freeman offers him a job as a bouncer. In custody from 1996, Bayeh was sentenced to 20 years in jail, with a non-parole period of 15 years, a sentence which the panel at yesterday's parole hearing agreed was at the higher end of the sentencing options. It was at Baron's that Staunton impressed billionaire television mogul Kerry Packer with the hospitality he extended one evening to his visiting polo team. One night he found a naked woman on the meal room table performing a sex act on herself with a police baton while his fellow officers drank cans of beer. In 1998, after disposing of Danny Karam, drug dealer Michael Kanaan devises a plan to murder John Ibrahim and his bodyguard, Kiwi Steve, in order to divert attention. Yet in his own surroundings, the streets of Kings Cross, John is charming. However, Haken and Egan, along with drug dealer Bill Bayeh, set up an elaborate "sting" for their own profit. Hakims relationship with Lennie McPherson was essential to his success, and as Bob Bottom revealed in 1991, he once told Sydneys Mr Big: You are a flag and should be obeyed and should be respected. In 2001 he was back in gaol for supplying heroin and cocaine and taking $180,000 - which he split with police - from brothel owners for "protection". More than once he was cut by the teachers cane. Parents in our city, like myself, are asking ourselves, how can we teach our teenagers how to drive in a city where the rules of the road can feel more like suggestions. Life after prison looms for King of the Cross. This was surprising because Hakim had had advance knowledge of the raid from his police sources; he later complained the drugs had been planted by Lauer. St. Louis police gather at the scene of a shooting in the 1800 block of Cass Avenue on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, where police say a man was shot in the chest. Hakim was used by the Gaming Squad to sign warrants for almost every raid it conducted from 1971 to 1979. S03:E06 - Women in Uniform. Taken into custody in 1996 on leaving the witness box at the Wood royal commission into police corruption. Bill Bayeh has bought a share in iconic strip joint Love Machine, with the refurbished venue set to open again later this month It's a remarkable return to form for the Golden Mile, now run by Bayeh's former driver John Ibrahim. The at-times vicious NSW parliament bear pit is headed for extinction, with a victorious Gladys Berejiklian vowing to clean up the chamber and apply higher standards to the states politicians; the Premiers secret campaign weapon; Labor and Liberal campaigns analysed; and, how the NSW result works in the PMs favour. In 2001 he was back in gaol for supplying heroin and cocaine and taking $180,000 which he split with police from brothel owners for protection. Later John confides: All these people, weve been together since we had nothing. It would allow the governor to appoint "a special . If you dont own a business there (Kings Cross) you could not understand how much its affected it, he says. I have gotten what I wanted out of the Cross. Smalltime bouncer Benny Kassab has an audacious plan to become King of the Cross. But a group always has a dominant personality.. Parole authority orders he not gamble, or frequent the Kings Cross area. Along the way he was called upon to keep Paul McCartney and his wife company for an evening and once shared a prison van with backpacker killer Ivan Milat. Naturally this gave him advance notification of every raid, which could be passed on to those who paid him protection. His defence claims that, in about 1997, following Bill Bayeh's arrest on drug charges, for which he was ultimately jailed for 15 years, Louis Bayeh continued to take payments for "protecting" strip clubs and other businesses in the area. Then the tapes and video footage played in the Wood Royal Commission effectively put Bayeh away. Soon, Kassab becomes Bayeh's "fall guy", holding the money and drugs from Bill's deals. During a transfer Staunton found himself sharing a van with Ivan Milat, 'puzzled as to how such an insignificant wimp could have terrorised and brutally murdered so many innocent people.'. "I just want to make a living like everybody else," said Bayeh. Dennis Kelly fights off competition from Gerry lloyd and Sid Hillier for the role of Police Commissioner. Staunton still works in security, hospitality and logistics and as a bodyguard to A-list celebrities. Download it here. Trevor Haken's alcoholism takes a toll on his marriage and his ability to manage police corruption. Youll find we are very boring. Thats the business were in. I came in there and cut it all out. He was shot three times but survived. Youve got to know whats happening. The victim was transported to the . Twenty years later Staunton was locked up in a Canadian prison for his role in an international drug cartel which moved 25 tonnes of cannabis resin worth $1billion. Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia, The Good Bloke by Charles Staunton is published by Pan Macmillan and is available from Tuesday, July 23, for $32.99. Theyre more important than money, John confides. Aldermanic Board President Megan Green said traffic education and enforcement would be a priority for the next session of the Board when new members are seated after the April elections. You need to be in jail, Ms Nesbitt said, according to a NSW Police statement of facts. I think this place is like every other place, I dont see any difference., Of his time in prison, he said: I wasnt treated very human 15 years in jail. Sometimes when we finish work at three or four in the morning and weve still got too much energy to burn we bring a change of clothes, get changed and we come down to the gym and have a workout, he says. Youve got a tape going, havent ya? Bayeh then jumped from his seat, according to the facts presented at the court. His garage houses two jet skis. There has been a surprising development in the trial of a disgraced former NSW Minister facing more than two dozen child sex abuse allegations. People think police are machines. ', Staunton says loyalty means everything to him. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply commercial quantities of cocaine and heroin in 1995 and 1996. Staunton travelled to Atlantic City in 1989 as part of boxer Jeff 'Hitman' Harding's entourage when Harding defeated Dennis Andries for the WBC light heavyweight title. And this is the top priority of the Board of Aldermen and Im committed to working with both the new board when it is sworn in in April and the Mayors office to find the funding for these programs, Green said. 'The corrections staff had no idea at all, not a clue, and the frustrations of many a long-serving inmate were relieved.'. Egan and Haken organise a deal with Kassab that if Shaka and Norm turn themselves in at the Bankstown Police Station, they will get off lightly. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Within a day of arriving in the city he found himself in the Ifield Hotel in Fulham where the first person he met was Howard Marks, one of the most notorious drug smugglers in the world. Like a prince in plain clothes John, 25, is slouched in a chair at a Victoria Rd cafe talking to three friends about his club, The Tunnel, which is undergoing renovations. Tom Domican, left, is suing John Ibrahim for defamation. Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Cigarettes make me dizzy, he admits. Of his now-shelved fruit shop plans, he said: It didnt happen. An old, sloping billiard table is the living rooms centrepiece, closed in on two sides by leather couches. I didnt want to be there at one stage.. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 'On the whole, I loved most of my decade in the New South Wales Police Force,' he writes. Convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh has been released on parole after 15 years in prison for heroin trafficking in Sydney's Kings Cross. Soon after that, Karam was killed by his own gang members. Asked if his brother would be able to stay out of trouble, he said ''of course''. Followed categories will be added to My News. FORMER Kings Cross identity Bill Bayeh has been given a bond for making a threat involving a sex toy to Geoffrey Edelsten's ex-wife during an ugly verbal spat recorded on a smart phone. California Consumer Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information, California Consumer Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. It wasnt for me. Staunton was first stationed at inner-city Redfern where he witnessed policing practices which quickly made him question his choice of employment. The 55-year-old sat, seemingly impassive, as his fate was decided, mumbling a barely audible ''thank you, God bless you'' as Judge Terence Christie of the NSW Parole Authority granted him parole after 15 years behind bars. Former policeman and private detective Charlie Staunton, jailed by the Royal Commission for refusing to answer questions about his relationship with Bill Bayeh, is another close friend with whom he has travelled. He will be under as much scrutiny as anyone who runs that type of business in the Cross., Another Kings Cross detective added: We have been waiting for him to come up here when his parole conditions finished maybe for a coffee or something. This is my opinion, sir, believe me on my babys life. But the relationship went through a rocky patch in 1985 when Hakim gave permission for certain men to put gaming machines into an ethnic club. In it Bayeh alleges that Russell (Townsend), Sam Ibrahim and John: They got the whole street. Police were surprised to hear Bayeh was going back into business in the Cross. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. If it seems sometimes that he lacks respect for the Commission, its because he does. But now Bill Bayeh - whose 15-year stretch behind bars may end within weeks - could be banned from setting foot on Sydney's Golden Mile. ST. LOUIS - The city of St. Louis will invest more than $60 million to try to make streets and sidewalks safer. I cant sing, I cant dance. Walks free from Silverwater prison after minimum 15-year term for drug trafficking expires in July 2011. From the Earl Place door to the Tunnel nightclub John can wave at the Kings Cross detectives. Trevor Haken wears a wire to a meeting with Bill Bayeh. They should never have let you out, youre a criminal.. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. You have to be where all the action is. Mayor Jones said the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department wrote more than 8,000 speeding tickets and 2,700 for signal violations, but said the city had to do more to hold reckless drivers accountable, which is why the city is looking to bring back red light cameras. Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts. Staunton's playboy lifestyle came to a halt with his defiant appearance before the Wood Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service in June 1995. We didnt fit in. He was arrested in 1996 after giving evidence at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Joe Dooley leaves the King's Cross police and enrolls at Goulburn Academy. Staunton, who was in the Parramatta and NSW police rugby league teams, knew most of the Bandidos and some of the Comanchero from playing football against them. Akela Lacy. Billy Bayeh was talking to Trevor Haken because he knows I have the respect in the Cross to wipe them out. Respect and a cache of favours awaiting repayment. It takes time and a lot of thought.. Impressed by Ibrahim, Freeman offers him a job as a bouncer. Staunton was sentenced to nine and a half years and served three in Canadian prisons where French was spoken more widely than English. Closed for two months after a minor liquor licensing violation, John took the opportunity to put a fresh face on the club. Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. 'There was no point in complaining about my sentence. I have one drink and Im all over the place. A JP had to sign the warrant necessary for a raid on suspected illegal gaming premises. One reason is that energetic and ambitious men who have difficulty obtaining legitimate opportunities turn to illegal ones. Between those opposite ends of the law Staunton found himself somewhere in the middle as a private investigator and problem-solver for Sydney's underworld. 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It primarily depicts the organized crimes in Kings Cross and the police corruption leading up to the 1995 Wood Royal Commission. Hit the names to obtain what you want to know. In London the pair jumped the queue to get into Wimbledon when Ibrahim bought tickets for the 16 tennis fans behind them. He drove a prison van to and from court for a year when the Bandido and Comanchero gangs faced trial for the 1984 Milperra massacre, at which six bikies and a teenage girl were killed. Pan Macmillan's defence claims it could also be inferred Mr Domican was a violent criminal from a 2002 conviction in Western Australia after he pleaded guilty to threatening to break the neck of a police officer. Concerned, the NSW Police form Strike Force Lancer to stop him. While supporting Bayeh's release, the officer said: ''Mr Bayeh attempted to present a facade of a naive man, eager to charm and please. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s.Nick Moir The court heard Mr Domican accompanied Mr Bayeh, who has since served 15 years in prison for drug trafficking, around the area and "regularly stood outside" the premises where Bayeh's business dealings took place. An angry Kim Hollingsworth returns to Sydney from Adelaide, intending on suing the NSW Police. Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia Most often he is alone because, he says, his friends are too impatient for such an unhurried pastime. It was in everyones best interests (that I buy into the club), John says. A telescope is trained on the water. MAIN SOURCE: Blood Money by Clive Small and Tom Gilling; The Prince and the Premier by David Hickie. The Independent Commission Against Corruption rejected the claim, and Bob Bottom pointed out at the time that the detectives accused by Hakim were in the vanguard of anti-corruption efforts. One of the tensest moments of the hearing came when Redditt Hudson, a former St. Louis police officer working on diversion and alternative sentencing in Gardner's office, repeated accusations that the bill is a racist attack. Former Kings Cross underworld figure and convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh is to be released on parole. March 1, 2023, at 7:17 p.m. Missouri Governor Would Control St. Louis Police Under Bill. Now though, his focus is firmly on Love Machine and the entertainment game. Ms Nesbitt feared for her safety and called police. I thought "I'm going to save the world - this is great - I can be a superhero here".'. She grumbles because she arrived early to work on the list but was unable to get into the room. That way you can train whoevers in your room to do it, she responds with a smile. Infrastructure work is very complicated. He is based in London and expects to live until he his 100. The argument erupted after intensive care nurse Leanne Nesbitt passed Bayeh on her way to work at St Vincents Hospital about 6.40pm on a Sunday in February 2015. Having obtained the HSC via correspondence, she enrolls in a detective's course at Goulburn Police Academy. The claims are the subject of Mr Domican's part-heard interlocutory application before Justice Michael Wigney to have parts of Mr Ibrahim's and Pan Macmillan's defences struck out. Theyve got everything you and I have.. New King's Cross beat constable, Wendy Jones, quickly crosses paths with John Ibrahim and the attraction is mutual. Johns club The Tunnel is still in chaos after more than a month of renovations but he remains optimistic. The Missouri House already passed a similar bill. ', Long-time friend and former Kings Cross nightclub boss John Ibrahim sums up Staunton on the book's cover: 'When Charlie's good he's great. On Wednesday, Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the St. Louis Safer Street bill (BB120), utilizing $40 . Upon his release Staunton took himself to Bali then Amsterdam where he met two mysterious drug traffickers called Bram and Manfred who saw potential in him. Louis Bayeh was himself sentenced in 1997 to four years jail for perverting the course of justice. Former Sydney drug kingpin Bill Bayeh has been granted parole after more than a decade in jail. Here is an entire list of people with the Last Name El undefined. The employees would be responsible for any charges the police laid. After almost a decade working in Kings Cross, the startling revelations of graft, corruption, drug dealing and prostitution are like office gossip to John. I know everyone involved in the nightclub industry and they all know me. Even his late nights out are not wild ones, says John. Accused of being part of a syndicate which virtually monopolised the drug trade in Sydneys red-light district and regularly bribed police. This will not be work that we can complete overnight. But on his release from prison his power was much weakened. It turned out McPherson already had a direct relationship with the club, and sent a group of men to throw the new machines into the street. In order to stake his claim to power in King's Cross, Danny "DK" Karam hires a group of young thugs. Could this really be a coincidence? Ive never sold drugs. Thats always kept me out of trouble the majority of the time.. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the St. Louis Safer Streets bill Wednesday. In 1999, he was sentenced to a 15-year minimum term - backdated to 1996 - which expires on July 17. Judge Christie noted the Commissioner's opposition, but said the Probation and Parole Service and the Serious Offenders Review Council supported Bayeh's release. They split and she lives overseas, although he still wears her ring on his wedding finger. Bicycle guy is a True Blue Aussie! Were working to restore it. This resulted in the outbreak of a minor ''gang war'', culminating in the 1993 shooting of his brother Louis Bayeh by a rival dealer. After being released from jail, Bayeh initially indicated he was interested in opening a fruit shop. Bayeh didnt react as he was also given a $400 fine for hindering police. 'I've met the good, the bad, and the ugly, the famous and the infamous, and for what it's worth, there's good and bad in all of them. According to a defence lodged by Mr Ibrahim in November, Mr Domican - who had an attempted murder conviction overturned by the High Court - was in the "very frequent company" of Bill Bayeh in 1993 and 1994, "when he was eating, drinking, walking around and conducting business in the Kings Cross area". Corrupt King's Cross detectives Trevor Haken and Jim Egan go too far when arresting a pack of drunks, sparking calls for a royal commission into the NSW Police. 'I'd weighed my options and taken the risk. They were described by a police officer at the time as the biggest drug dealers in Kings Cross. However, his paranoia is justified as he discovers the Commission has a lot of incriminating evidence against him. Who can deny that his life is often stranger than fiction? ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - St. Louis City SC spent Wednesday afternoon packing up more than 1,600 meals for Operation Food Search. His friends (and there are many) call him the most wonderful person in the world. The green tracksuited figure then stood, turned and was led back to his cell to serve the remaining 19 days before he was officially eligible for release. This had hardly ever happened before there was an unwritten law among Sydneys criminals that family was to be kept out of business disputes. Wanting more from life than a nine to five job he joined the NSW Police Force in 1978 when he was 19. In a recorded interview, Bayeh admitted to a confrontation but denied pushing her or saying anything about a vibrator or dildo. Forget Melrose Place, the Royal Commission is a better soapie, he grins. I dont think anyone expected he, would be involved in a business here. In return for the bribes, the police would tip off Bayeh about raids on his premises. Bill Bayeh was in 1996 sentenced to 15 years jail for heroin and cocaine dealing. Bill Bayeh pleaded guilty to assaulting intensive care nurse Leanne Nesbitt The Kings Cross identity got into a heated argument with her early last year Bayeh allegedly made a threat. No one really knew that I didnt know what I was doing, except me.. He paid police to protect at least 24 gaming clubs and often entertained police officers. Convicted cocaine dealer Bill Bayeh and his brother Louie are old friends of the family. 02:50 GMT 23 Jul 2019. Theyre only people. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Mr Ibrahim claims Mr Domican sometimes carried a gun when he accompanied Mr Bayeh in the precinct in the evenings, and that he was paid up to $5000 a week at the same time that people involved in Mr Bayeh's drug empire were receiving cash payments. Mr Domican is suing Mr Ibrahim and his publisher Pan Macmillan Australia for damages in the Federal Court over his best-selling 2017 memoir, Last King of the Cross, claiming the tell-all book wrongly paints him as a hitman, violent criminal and a drug dealer. How is branch stacking relevant to heroin supply?" If you're a friend of mine you're there forever.'. A fruit vendor gives him two nectarines for free. The hearing has been adjourned to May 14. As his drug operation grew, Bayeh and his family indulged in the good life. Bayeh is also keen to point out there will be a zero tolerance to drugs at the venue. The inmate who took his place was severely bashed by three other prisoners because Staunton's name card had been left on the outer door. He asks Haken to do something about it because I aint making nothing. Bayeh was wrongfully jailed for two weeks in 2012 when authorities mistakenly believed he breached parole by travelling to north Queensland. Aware that he is being investigated by the Wood Royal Commission, Dennis Kelly dobs in Jim Egan to investigators. Every job I got was eventually going to lead me to where I am now. Clive Small and Tom Gilling note in their book Blood Money: Back in prison Bayeh sought special treatment due to the dozen or so medications he was taking for his heart, hypertension, claustrophobia, stomach problems, hernia, sleep apnoea, memory loss, and the stress he claimed to be suffering from the number of contracts said to be out on his life.. Daily Mail Australia is appealing after a court ruled the online publication had defamed Erin Molan in an article and tweets which falsely portrayed her as racist. Our contributors include the great investigators Bob Bottom and Al McCoy, and the wonderfully insightful Sydney artist Michael Fitzjames. He was arrested in 1996 after giving evidence at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. "It is to be inferred that [Mr Domican] had been retained by Louis Bayeh to intimidate [Ibrahim] in order to protect Mr Bayeh's share of the protection market in Kings Cross," documents filed by lawyers for Mr Ibrahim claim. Hed been cruising its streets since he was a schoolboy, piling into a car with a group of friends looking for action. He was also accused of being in the company of Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto. They are proof of a violent youth but John says simply: Theyre my scars. It was a very different image of Bayeh from that of his heyday. 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